Here’s the latest example of WWTSBQ 2.0:

Obama is going to be the nominee. Those who cannot endure that thought need to turn their attention to down ballot races or issues they care about.

Sorry, but last time I checked this race wasn’t decided yet. Until then, it’s pretty simple.  Read more 

I interrupt work on my dissertation to join WV, KY in giving a great big cheek scratch to the media and Obama’s WWTSBQ minions in the blogosphere. Here’s my song dedication to ya’ll. (You can fast-forward to the last minute or so.)  Read more 

How quickly we forget. Remember when proof of Obama’s crossover appeal was his win in Elko, NV:

Obama’s strength in rural Nevada speaks to the breadth of his appeal and to his campaign’s organizing efforts in Republican strongholds that Nevada’s Democratic Party has traditionally written off…

“What they found is that people in rural areas see themselves in Barack Obama. They see him as a true American success story. They see him as representing something new and fresh.”…

Haven’t heard about Elko much these days. I wonder why?  Read more 

Few people I know, actually do. A piss-poor description is at Wikipedia. Since it’s the most recent thing I’ve read, I’d recommend Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Had I been around in the 1850s, I’d have been a Whig with a keen eye on the new Republican Party. If I had a pony in the 1860 GOP race, I will say, probably to the amazement of the historically ignorant, that I would have been a Seward booster (can’t vouch for that link, but read some books, too!). Yeah, Lincoln was good, but I think Seward would have been better—experience and a strong ideological base are important, IMO, not to mention a kick-ass wife like Fanny.  Read more 

It appears there are a couple new and upgraded versions of WWTSBQ making the rounds these days.

The first, is the “I’m [or He] The Man” narrative typified by this:

Not long after the polls close in the May 20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama plans to declare victory in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The advantages of this version over the previous version is that it ignores Hillary Clinton altogether. We should call this the TSBL (That Stupid Bitch Lost) narrative.  Read more